Speaking on the eve of the game, the NBA's Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum said "it was a matter of time" before other European cities hosted a game and did not rule out London staging more than one regular-season fixture.

"There has been a lot of interest in teams wanting to go to Paris because France is a hotbed for basketball," Tatum, sitting alongside new NBA Managing Director for EMEA Ralph Rivera, told reporters at the NBA's European office in London.